Parolee arrested for parking lot attack

PALMDALE, Calif. 
A paroled sex offender has been arrested for attacking a Southern California woman in a desert auto parts parking lot.

Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators say the 37-year-old woman was working on her vehicle in the Palmdale parking lot on Wednesday afternoon when the suspect walked up and told her was a mechanic and could help.

Investigators say she refused his offer and he became angry.

The woman says the man pinned her against her vehicle and began sexually assaulting her.

The suspect was scared off by a store employee who got into his car and followed the man, relaying information to deputies.

A sheriff's news release says Corey Green, a parolee wearing an ankle tracking device, was arrested and booked for investigation of attempted rape and other sex counts.